Participating Artists
Vikki Fields
Oil, Southwest
Biography / Artist Statement
Vikki Fields works out of her studio in San Antonio, Texas. She paints still life, figurative and portrait oil paintings, as well as plein air landscapes in Central, South and West Texas. Fields’ academic background includes a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Incarnate Word and graduate studies in painting and sculpture at University of Texas at San Antonio, the Houston Museum school and the Southwest Craft Center. She has exhibited widely in San Antonio and the Southwest. Fields is in public and private collections.
“My choice is to work from life. I find the color, the composition, and the psychology of life infinitely variable and challenging,” artist’s statement.
Education
Southwest School of Art & Craft
Houston Museum School
Graduate Studies Fine Art, University of Texas at San Antonio
B.A. Fine Art, University of the Incarnate Word Undergraduate University of Texas at El Paso
Solo Exhibitions
Selected Works, Coppini Academy OF Fine Arts, November 2021
Floral Portraits, Contemporary Art Month, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, March 2012 Life Portraits, University of the Incarnate Word, October 12-November 9, 2012 Contemporary Art Month Exhibition, Salud, San Antonio, March 2011
Summer Pleasures, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, October 2007
From the Garden | Landscape, Still Life, Figure, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, February 2000
From Life | People, Places and Things, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, November 1998
Floral, Etc., Paloma Blanca, San Antonio, October 2000
Invitational Shows
Red Dot, Contemporary, November 2022
GAGA, San Antonio Art League & Museum, June 2022
San Antonio Art League & Museum’s Invitational Exhibition, November 2018 & November 2022
Semmes Gallery, University of Incarnate Word, November 2014 September Soiree, Villages at Incarnate Word, September 2013 Family, Southwest School of Art & Craft, October 2010
Works by Three, St. Mary’s University, February 2009
Many Faces of Woman, Southwest School of Art & Craft, Summer 2008
Blue Star/Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, March 2002
Contemporary Art Month Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, July 2002, 2005
Fields & Freeman, The Artist’s Gallery, San Antonio, February 1997
San Antonio Art League & Museum Invitational, San Antonio Art League & Museum, June 1995 Martin-Rathburn Gallery Group Show, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, November 1994 Texas Sculpture Symposium Invitational, Texas State University, San Marcos, March 1981
Juried Exhibitions | Awards
Julian Onderdonk Museum Purchase, San Antonio Art League & Museum, 2014
Annual Artists Exhibitions, San Antonio Art League & Museum, 2001, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 12, 14. 16. 17
Members’ Exhibition, Coppini Academy of Fine Art, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2022
Ayllon | Spain Group Show, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, November 1998
Annual Artists Exhibitions, San Antonio Art League & Museum, March 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Fall Members’ Exhibition 1st Place | Oil Painting, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, October 1996
Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Texas Watercolor Society, April 1990 Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Texas Watercolor Society, February 1982 Texas Designer Craftsman, Southwest School of Art & Craft, February 1980, 1978 Froman Scholarship, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, 1978
Collections
Robert B. Green Pavilion, University Health System; Archdiocese of San Antonio; San Antonio Art League & Museum, Permanent Collection; Vitas Hospice Care; Cancer Care Center, San Antonio; St. Mary’s University; Villages at Incarnate Word; Private collections